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'''A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation website.'''  
'''<span style="color:red">A guide to finding your Jewish Ancestors from Ukraine using Miriam Weiner's Routes to Roots Foundation website.</span> '''
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation ==
== Introduction to Routes to Roots Foundation ==
[[File:Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives in Ukraine,''' August 1991. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]][[File:Sudilkov sign.png|thumb|404x404px|'''Miriam visited Sudilkiv in 1991 where her paternal grandparents once lived. Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]]The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the [http://www.rtrfoundation.org Routes to Roots Foundation website.] The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more!  
[[File:Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives.png|alt=|left|thumb|500x500px|'''Miriam Weiner at the Kiev Historical Archives in Ukraine,''' August 1991. '''Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]][[File:Sudilkov sign.png|thumb|404x404px|'''Miriam visited Sudilkiv in 1991 where her paternal grandparents once lived. Photo Credit:''' Miriam Weiner Archives.  ]]The Routes to Roots Foundation was created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Weiner_(genealogist) Miriam Weiner], who is a genealogist specializing in the research of Jewish roots in Poland and the former Soviet Union. In her 30+ years of experience in Eastern European archives, she collected vast amounts of information and material. Much of her data was originally published in ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Ukraine_and_Moldova Jewish Roots in Ukraine and Moldova]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Roots_in_Poland Jewish Roots in Poland],'' but is now available online through the [http://www.rtrfoundation.org Routes to Roots Foundation website.] The site includes many resources to help you research your Jewish roots including a town-by-town index/inventory of surviving Jewish records in archives, maps, surname and Holocaust list databases, informative articles, and much more!  
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